Simple Lines Reveal Masterful Compositions in Iconic Film Scenes
Last year, Raymond Thi reignited our appreciation for film cinematography.
Through his app, Composition Cam, he highlighted the brilliant
arrangements of memorable scenes in iconic movies like The Shining,
Ghostbusters, and Citizen Kane.
Thi has recently expanded his idea by examining even more visually stunning film and TV compositions. Breaking Bad
Thi places bright pink lines to show how each scene is built.
Through simple shapes like triangles and circles, as well as division
of halves and thirds, he demonstrates that every frame of a film is
truly a blank canvas.
Cinematographers use the same compositional guidelines as artists, with
an added twist—their work is constantly in motion.
When you consider that these stills are just one fraction of
what’s involved in the entire production, it’s all the more
impressive.
Since his project, Thi has created a new website called Geometric
Shots, which is a collection of t…